title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the Chinese bitterling Rhodeus sinensis (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae).
abstract: The mitochondrial genome of the Chinese bitterling Rhodeus sinesis is a circular molecule of 16,677 bp in length, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, two ribosomal RNA genes and two main non-coding regions (the control region and the origin of the light strand replication). The gene composition and order of which were similar to most other vertebrates. All protein-coding genes are initiated with ATG except for COX 1, which begin with GTG instead. However, the termination codons of 13 protein-coding genes are varied with TAA, TA, T or TAG. The molecular data we presented here could provide useful information for the studies on species identification, evolutionary relationships and population genetics of the Acheilognathinae.
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding Certificated by Ministry of Agriculture, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan , China and.
authors.forename: Xuefen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zhihong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Lingpeng
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Ruibin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jianzhong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000235:genetics*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry*; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Acheilognathinae; Rhodeus sinensis; mitochondrial genome